We – Health, Ethics and Law Institute (the HEaL Institute) and Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (IJME) – at the Forum for Medical Ethics Society (FMES) are pleased to bring you a critical, analytical blog space entitled ‘COVID-19 Insights’. As a collective, with a long standing commitment to ethics and rights; our goal of bringing these to you is to not let ethics, human rights and legal aspects relegated amidst the urgency of responding to the pandemic… more

Blog 30 | HEaL Institute & IJME – Covid-19 Insights | October 18, 2021

Johnson & Johnson Letter | Third World Network Trust (India), The AccessIBSA Project, Sankalp Rehabilitation Trust, Forum For Medical Ethics Society, and Others

600 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) single dose vaccine – enough to vaccinate 600 million people – are being produced in India by Biological E, a Hyderabad-based company, on contract from J&J. As things stand, these vaccines will likely be exported to the European Union (EU)  … more

Blog 29 | HEaL Institute & IJME – Covid-19 Insights | October 12, 2021

Letter to the National Health Authority (NHA) on the issues with the new CoWIN Application Programming Interface (API) “KYC-VS: Know Your Customer’s/Client’s Vaccination Status” | IFF, Ch-HELP and FMES-HEaL Institute

The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) is a non-profit organisation that advocates for the rights of internet users in India. The Centre for Health Equity Law & Policy (C-HELP) is a research and advocacy … more

Blog 28 | HEaL Institute & IJME – Covid-19 Insights | June 23, 2021

Safeguarding Prison Health during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic | FMES and JSA

Greetings! This appeal – endorsed by 45 organization from across India and outside; and 186 professionals in health and allied themes from India and outside– is initiated by Forum for Medical Ethics Society (FMES) and Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA) on behalf of health care workers and public health professionals, in solidarity with in-mates of prisons in India… moreArchive